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'Darth Vader' spared jail in Jedi church attacks The attack involved a church founded on the Jedi faith of 'Star Wars' films HOLYHEAD, Wales - A man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a garbage bag for a cape, and assaulted the founders of a group calling itself the Jedi church was given a...
Northern Ireland's police chief accused Irish Republican Army dissidents Tuesday of planting a booby-trap bomb that exploded overnight beneath a policeman's car, destroying the vehicle and wounding the officer. The officer was saved by a civilian who dragged him from the burning wreckage, but...
The men were air traffic controllers. No one, they knew, would believe their claim an unidentified flying object landed at the airport they were overseeing in the east of England, touched down briefly, then took off again at tremendous speed. The incident is one of hundreds of reported sightings...
The British government is proposing to extend the 1967 Abortion Act that leaves few restrictions on abortion, to Northern Ireland where the procedure remains illegal in all but a few circumstances. The leaders of all four main parties in Northern Ireland have written to the government at...
Shares of Iomai Corp. surged more than 117 percent after the firm agreed to be acquired by Austrian vaccines maker Intercell AG in a deal valued at about $189 million. Intercell's bid of $6.60 per share marked a hefty premium - about 126 percent - to Iomai's Monday closing price of $2.92, though...
European Capital Declares euro 0.15 Q2 2008 Dividend, Reports euro 0.24 NOI and euro 0.32 Realised Earnings In Q1 2008 ST. PETER PORT, Guernsey, May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FIRST QUARTER 2008 RESULTS Net Operating Income (NOI)European Capital also announced today its results for the first...
Singer Duffy sits next to a clear blue swimming pool on a hotel rooftop patio, the sun setting behind her blond bouffant. The 23-year-old — born Aimee Anne Duffy, but known simply as Duffy — is one of several young female singers from the United Kingdom descending on the United States. Amy...
Aspen Insurance Holdings Announces Repurchase of $100 Million of Ordinary Shares from Founding Shareholder and Agreement to Sell Ordinary Shares by Founding Shareholder HAMILTON, Bermuda, May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (the "Company") (NYSE: AHL) today announced...
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is seen with Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Turkey's First Lady Hayrunnisa Gul during a state banquet at the Cankaya Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, May 13 , 2008. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II began her first visit to Turkey in 37 years on Tuesday, a trip...
Jupiter Kalambakal - AHN News Writer London, United Kingdom (AHN) - An irate Briton, determined to stand up to authorities, sawed his stepson's car in half, all for the reason of making a point. The man, 40-year old Ian Taylor, decided to go to drastic measures after his son's Ford Fiesta was...
